Android UI How to - View to display a true type font via Canvas

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The following code shows how to View to display a true type font via Canvas.

Example

Main Activity Java code

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.view.View;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {

   @Override
   public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      ShapesAndTextFontView view = new ShapesAndTextFontView(this);
      view.setText("256 byte Style");
      setContentView(view);
   }
}
class ShapesAndTextFontView extends View {

   private Paint paint;
   private Typeface font;
   private String text;

   public ShapesAndTextFontView(Context context) {
      super(context);
      // Loading up the font
      font = Typeface.createFromAsset(context.getAssets(), "256bytes.ttf");
   }

   public void setText(String text) {
      this.text = text;
   }

   @Override
   protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
      canvas.drawRGB(0, 0, 0);
      drawText(canvas);
   }
   private void drawText(Canvas canvas) {
      paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);
      paint.setTextSize(40);
      paint.setTypeface(font);
      canvas.drawText(text, 60, 300, paint);
   }
}

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